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Newsletter
June 2024
Newsletter June 2024

Newsletter June 2024

Welcome to the June/July 2024 issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! We hope that you will all be busy flying, so this is just a brief update of some important current issues, to keep you in touch. Our hard-working Board members and technical advisers are as always busy with current threats and challenges and we will report on their work in more detail later.

Newsletter June 2024
Newsletter
April 2024
Newsletter April 2024

Newsletter April 2024

Welcome to the April 2024 issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! We have an up-to- date report on EAS’s attendance at AERO in Friedrichshafen and we also have a full report of the General Conference and Annual General Meeting held in the United Kingdom in late March. We also have some updates on technical matters.

Newsletter April 2024
Newsletter
September 2023
Newsletter September 2023

Newsletter September 2023

Welcome to the September issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter!  In addition to reports on technical and regulatory developments, we have two general interest topics – one about the background technology to Search and Rescue and the other about the annual electric fly-in.

Newsletter September 2023
Newsletter
June 2023
Newsletter June 2023

Newsletter June 2023

Welcome to the June issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! In this issue: GA Flightpath 2030+, Challenges in complying with Electronic Conspicuity requirements for paragliders and hang-gliders, U-space workshop – From concept to implementation, AVGAS Facts – Figures – Forecasts and more.

Newsletter June 2023
Newsletter
April 2023
Newsletter April 2023

Newsletter April 2023

Welcome to the April issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! This issue has an emphasis on the hot topic of U-Space and unmanned aviation, as well as updates on the latest regulations.

Newsletter April 2023
Newsletter
February 2023
Newsletter February 2023

Newsletter February 2023

Welcome to the February issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! This issue includes a preview of the Technical Conference to be held in Rome next month.

Newsletter February 2023
Newsletter
December 2022
Newsletter December 2022

Newsletter December 2022

Welcome to the December issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! This issue includes a report on the Technical Conference held in Vienna in October.

Newsletter December 2022
Newsletter
September 2022
Newsletter Autumn 2022

Newsletter Autumn 2022

Welcome to the Autumn issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! Paramotors flying in formation over exhibition tents at the EMF General Conference at Blois (photo Martin Marececk).

Newsletter Autumn 2022
Newsletter
March 2022
Newsletter March 2022

Newsletter March 2022

Welcome to the March issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! Thoughts of summer - over the Mediterranean (Photo Manfred Kunschitz).

Newsletter March 2022
Newsletter
November 2021
Newsletter November 2021

Newsletter November 2021

Welcome to the November issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! Unmanned landing strip, Island of HVAR, Croatia (Photo Manfred Kunschitz).

Newsletter November 2021
Newsletter
June 2021
Newsletter June 2021

Newsletter June 2021

Welcome to the June issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! Paragliding over the chalk cliffs (photo Grant Oseland).

Newsletter June 2021
Newsletter
April 2021
Newsletter April 2021

Newsletter April 2021

Welcome to the April issue of the Europe Air Sports Newsletter! The view from Sergio and Livia Calabresi’s house in Gravere, close to the border between Northern Italy and France (Photo by David Roberts)

Newsletter April 2021

List of abbreviations

This is a list of commonly used abbreviations in our documentation and articles.

ABA

Aircraft-relevant Bird Area

AMC

Acceptable Means of Compliance

ANS

Air Navigation Services

ARO

Authority Requirements for Air Operations

ATCO

Air Traffic Control Officer

ATM

Air Traffic Management

ATO

Approved Training Organisation

ATSP

Air Traffic Service Provider

BIR

Basic Instrument Rating

CAT

Commercial Air Transport

CEF

Connecting Europe Facility

CPL

Commercial Pilot’s Licence

DAR

Dynamic Airspace Reconfiguration

DTO

Declared Training Organisation

EAPAIRR

European Action Plan for Airspace Infringement Risk Reduction

EC

Electronic Conspicuity

ED

Executive Director

ELT

Emergency Locator Transmitter

EPAS

European Plan for Aviation Safety

EPIRB

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon

EPL

Electronic Personnel Licensing

FAA

US Federal Aviation Authority

FCL

Flight Crew Licensing

FDM

Flight Data Monitoring

GM

Guidance Material

MVCA

Manned Vertical Take off and Landing capable Aircraft

NAA

National Aviation Authority

NCC

Non-commercial operations with complex-motor-powered aircraft

NCO

Non-complex aircraft

NPA

Notice of Proposed Amendment

OPS

Operations

ORO

Organisation Requirement for Air Operation

PLB

Personal Locator Beacon

RFFS

Rescue and Firefighting Services

RMT

Rule Making Task

SAB

Stakeholder Advisory Board

SAF

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

SAR

Search and Rescue

SARP

Standards and Recommended Practice

SERA

Standardised European Rules of the Air

SES

Single European Sky

SPA

Operations requiring Specific Approvals

SPO

Specialised Operations

STC

Supplemental Type Certificate

TEL

Tetraethylead

UAS

Unmanned Aviation System

USSP

U-space service provider

VTOL

Vertical Take Off and Landing